Acid dispenser



March 9 1950 A. c. ROCKWOOD ET AL 2,499,976

ACID DISPENSER Filed Nov. 8, 1948 3 Sheets-Sheet l 5 INVENTOR. ;@//%Z(/ Z i onfn aoaf ATTD RN EYE A. c. ROCKWOOD ET AL 2,499,976

ACID DISPENSER March 7, 1950 3 Shets-Sheet-5 Filed Nov. 8, 1948 INVENTOR. 14/2 7281! C. 200%14/000] Bar/0x2 Z [/27] Patented Mar. 7, 1950 e anationNo ember's, 1s4s,'"seria1m .@5s;986

1 :Che :present invention :reiates to "the :general :classzof gravity idischargeedispenserscof a'the'. rotate ablerconveyor traprand measuring zclramber :type: having axial 1 inlet Land outlet, and .more v-"specifi- :callyto an improved automatic acid dispenser which cwhile'lwellq adaptediforrmeasuring andidis pensing various liquids as Well as fine granular so1-ids,:iszespeciallyzdesignedzrorzusezin creameries, cheese factories, fan-d :condenserlies when :makin [the BB/bQOCKLtEStLfOI ;crea-mzc.ontairred in milk.

The primary -purpose 10f the invention .is nine 'protvisioniof an applianceaofithis typexthat fl hccurately smeasure ;and :quickly edispense predetermined: quantities ofuthediquidwto: insureizuni- :formityin the tests, ;and-ap.erformRthese-atests 5-;

n :ssanita'ry manner "without waste of the acid. The device ;of our. inuention includes :arminimuin number of ;par;ts;that'may with facility hex-mane .utactured with 110w ;cost ;of :production, and;cthe

parts may be assembled with :convenience 'stosascure 73a manually controlled appliance stha't is simple in constructionrandaonerationrandzmeliazble in the performance of :.its functions. v

vThe invention consists :in certain shovel acornbinationsiandarrangementsof ;pantsasewill'herehavezdevised gfor the practieal zapplicatipnedf cthe ing the dispensingzbowl 'iandzsl'igure 4 is a similar view of the bottom of the dispenser. I

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rIn .order that z the general rrelation and :utility :nf parts .=:may sreadily she understood, we .have :shownfinr Figs. ilzandz2iportions of 1a acontainer .101 tank T:'.-fromnvhich"the liquidis isuppliei'z andthe manic formseaasupporti'fonthe dispensingappliance yzliichis located. in positionlfqrrmanual operation. Z'Eheiffid of :liquidxtoitherdispensing (appliance :is ,controlled nby 1a :cutsoff yalve amounted in the tank zand'provided with :anupright ltubular-stem i rhaving ,on its lowercen'd a;rotary taperedtplug azalve :2 that :is fashioned with diametrically ;ar-'

'rangedkportslmzii. :Fromsthe exterior of the tank :the ccut off :valve :may :be :adjusted, opened, and 1c] used thy ameanszof ea :hand. knob i4 :hav-ing: a 40011- :plingrblade era-lug Bthatrissseatedxinsockets .or .slots .6 Lin zthe nupper zend 10f the tubular :stem.

The hollow zvalve ;is seated and rot-atalble in a flanged cup or casingil thatv-isiprovided'with an inlet portrBrfromtm interior of :the tank, with which "the Walve tports T3 are adapted to megister, andzthe icup awith "port 'fi is located in a :bottom sump. ore depression 59 of *thefitank. Thea-valve .cup .oricasing l7 isthneaded on theztop ofra nipple :Hl exterior of the bottom of the tank, :and :forming part of tthecdispensing appliance.

".fllheappliance :thus suspended: from the bottom o'f the'itankgandea flanged lock-nut 4 l is en gagedxoverian exterior flange 2 :of thenipple I 0 andthreaded on the" exterior of a flange l'-3 -f-or=se curing the upper heaii M of *the holder *for the partially rotatable or oscillatable bowl 45 of the as iournals m" tunniqns seated in cemnlementary and for venting its interior a port 22 is provided in the upper head of the cylindrical bowl that is adapted to register with an air duct 23 in'the holder-head I4, or with anotherport '2 2a.-of the head that is open to the atmosphere, the ports" 23 and 22a of course being alternately opened and closed by the partially rotatable bowl.

For discharging or delivering the measured content of the bowl, the lower circular head of the bowl is equipped with an outlet:- port 24' that is adapted to register with a complementary outlet port 25 in the base l6 of the holder, and a delivery nozzle 26 is attached to the base for receiving and dispensing the liquid from the ported parts. i

The dispensing bowl with its feed tube as a unit is separable from the holder, as for cleansing purposes, and means are provided whereby the base I6 is employed as a clamping element of the holder for retaining the bowl in rotatable position in the holder.. For :this purpose the base It is resiliently supported in clamping position beneath the bowl and suspended from the fixed head I4 of the holder by means of a suspending, open-center lug or bracket 21 that is fixed on the head l4 by threaded stud bolt 28. The opencenter lug provides a socket member for the upper reduced end 29 of a cylindrical barrel'or casing 30, which is open at its lower end to receive a telescoping sleeve 3| that is closed at its upper inner end, and an expansion spring 32 mounted in the spring sleeve is coiled about a spring rod or bolt 33 which is threaded at its upper end in the stud 29 of the barrel 30.

The lower end of the spring bears upon a reduced boss of a hand knob 34, and the lower end of the spring bolt, or rod is threaded into a socket of the knob, so that the barrel and'the sleeve may be adjusted and increase or decrease the tension of the spring.

For retaining the base, which clamps the bowl in operative position, a horizontally extending arm 35, having a pointed clamping head 36 that is pivoted on the arm at 31, is provided with a coupling sleeve 38 that surrounds the lower reduced end of sleeve 3|, and the knob 34 supports the sleeve 38.

To hold the supporting arm against lateral movement a forked guard or brace 39, fixed to the base IS in suitable manner straddles the arm to insure a rigid pin and socket joint between the pivoted head 36 and the base l6.

In order to remove the bowl from its holder, the knob 34 may be turned so that the base l5 may be lowered, or the telescoping sleeve and arm 35 may be depressed against the tension of the spring to drop the base so that the tr'un nion ends of the bowl may be removed from their sockets and the bowl withdrawn from the holder. With the arm 35 lowered, the bowl may be replaced in its holder and the spring clamps the bowl between its head and base to seal the ports against escape of the liquid from the bowl. V For partially rotating the filled bowl on its axial center to dispensing position, and for automatically retracting bowl to filling position, the bowl is equipped with an exterior arcuate toothed rack or segmental rack gear 40 soldered or welded, or otherwise secured on the bowl, and a rack bar 4| rigid with a horizontal slide plate 42 having a knob or pushing head 43a co-acting with the segmental gear for turning the bowl a predetermined distance to cut off the supply to the bowl and topermit a gravity discharge of a measured quantity from the bowl through the discharge nozzle 26.

The-reciprocable slide plate 42 is mounted in spaced end fianges 43 of a supporting guide 44, and'a spring '45 forretracting the bowl to filling position isanchored to one end flange 43 and attached to the slide at 46.

Theslide holder or supporting guide is atta'ched to the fixed head M of the bowl-holder by means of a bracket 4-! and attaching screws 48, which bracket isv equipped with retaining lugs as 49 ior .the slide, and a finger plate 50 for use when the slide is being manipulated by thumb pressure against the pushing head 43. Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Inlthe dispensing device described, the combination with a holder including a ported head having a feed chamber, and a base having an outlet port and discharge nozzle, of a bowl having an axial feed tube open to the ported head and open to a ported duct in the base, said tube having its-ends rotatably journaled in the head and base and said bowl having an outlet port adapted for alternate registration with the outlet port and ported duct of the base, manually operated means for turning the bowl to dispensing position, and means for retracting the bowl to filling position.

2. The dispensing device as in claim 1 wherein a'segmental gear is mounted on the bowl and a rack bar is slidably mounted on the holder for engagement with the gear and the manually operated means is adapted to actuate said rack bar for the turning of the bowl.

3. The dispensing device as in claim 1 wherein the means for retracting the bowl to filling position comprises a spring device rigid with the holder.

4. In a dispensing device as described, the combination with a holder including a fixed head and a movable base and inlet and outlet means for the holder, and a ported bowl rotatably mounted between the head and base; of a clamp-arm coupled with the base, a barrel rigid with the fixed head, a telescopic sleeve mounted in the barrel and united withthe arm, an adjusting nut mounted for rotation in the sleeve for retaining the arm thereon, a tie bolt having its ends threaded in the barrel and the nut, and a spring coiled about the tie bolt and interposed between'the sleeve and the nut.

ARTHUR C. ROCKWOOD. BURTON E. HILL.

Number Name Date 1,879,109 Coy Sept. 2'7, 1932 2,209,736 Dale et a1 July 30, 1940 

